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Little known gods & goddesses

Shrew

Shrew

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Recently I created a thread about Namagiri Devi.
I'm curious to know more about gods & goddesses that are well known to the local people but unkown to anybody else.
When you read about Hinduism you of course get to know Vishnu, Lakshmi, Ganesha, Durga, Shiva and Krishna.
But such deities as Namagiri Devi or Ayyapan you won't find in books.
For those of you who are from India or have travelled there: Can you give some more examples of little known gods & goddesses?
 
Jainarayan

Jainarayan

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
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Since the temple I go to is southern style, you find more southern forms of God/dess.
 
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sayak83

sayak83

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Shrew said:
Recently I created a thread about Namagiri Devi.
I'm curious to know more about gods & goddesses that are well known to the local people but unkown to anybody else.
When you read about Hinduism you of course get to know Vishnu, Lakshmi, Ganesha, Durga, Shiva and Krishna.
But such deities as Namagiri Devi or Ayyapan you won't find in books.
For those of you who are from India or have travelled there: Can you give some more examples of little known gods & goddesses?
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Bonbibi

Unique fusion of Islamic and Hindu beliefs in one of the most dangerous forests of the world.
 
Aupmanyav

Aupmanyav

Be your own guru
Not possible. Take Indian citizenship and start on you quest. This will take a long time. India has 833 million people living in 640,867 villages. :)
 
Aupmanyav

Aupmanyav

Be your own guru
Khandoba is male.

Osian is near my hometown, Jodhpur in Rajasthan. It has a beautiful sun-temple and jain temples. At one time, my grandfather was responsible for looking after the sun-temple being the head of the Archaeology department of Jodhpur state. Chakreshwari is the Jain equivalent of Durga combining the three aspects, Mahalakshmi, Mahasaraswati, Mahagauri - Sashandevi (one who rules) Chakreshwari (the Supreme Empress) Osiya Maa Saraswatimata Ambika. She is also known as 'Sachia Mata' - the True Mother.

"Osian sun temple" - Google Search

Chakreshwari (derived like Chakravarti to mean the Supreme Empress) is also the family deity of the earstwhile Rathore rulers of Bikaner. Her common name is Naganechi mata or Nagnechi ji and her temple is located in Nagana village. Jains probably picked up the Chakreshwari name from there.

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The Hindu temples are smaller, older, many in dilapidated condition. Hindu devotees may have moved to newer temples. They do not really need ostentatious temples for their worship. The Jain temples have been looked after and enlarged.

Difficult to know all Gods and Goddesses that Hindus worship. Here is another example: Jai Sundha Mata: Seven Sisters
 
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Nyingjé Tso

Nyingjé Tso

Tänpa Yungdrung zhab pä tän gyur jig
Vanakkam,

Chakreshwari looks a lot like Sri manasa devi/Naagdevi, is there a link somewhere ?

Also it is an impossible quest :D every village have it's own devi, every family have its own devi... Every hindu have it's own devi !

It's like you're trying to know all the moms of everyone in India !
Am impressed ! XD

Aum Namah Shivaya
 
Aupmanyav

Aupmanyav

Be your own guru
JayaBholenath said:
Chakreshwari looks a lot like Sri manasa devi/Naagdevi, is there a link somewhere ?

Also it is an impossible quest :D every village have it's own devi, every family have its own devi. Every hindu have it's own devi!

It's like you're trying to know all the moms of everyone in India! Am impressed ! XD
Aum Namah Shivaya
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Sure, there is a connection.They are all Mothers. How does form matter?
That is what I said, impossible. But once you know one, you know all. :D
Namah Shivaya
 
Yogi1054

Yogi1054

Shakti
I think that's the beauty of Hinduism - only when attending the temple (northern style) did I get to meet some of the devas who I have never met before
Shrew said:
Recently I created a thread about Namagiri Devi.
I'm curious to know more about gods & goddesses that are well known to the local people but unkown to anybody else.
When you read about Hinduism you of course get to know Vishnu, Lakshmi, Ganesha, Durga, Shiva and Krishna.
But such deities as Namagiri Devi or Ayyapan you won't find in books.
For those of you who are from India or have travelled there: Can you give some more examples of little known gods & goddesses?
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I think that's one thing I love about hinduism is that fact that the different temples I visit also worship the local deities from their home villages. One God who I now have in my puja area is Vachraji Dada and Maa Kyodiar
 

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